I don't know about the hyper-real animation, though. I think I would have preferred something less creepy. Tintin's hair just doesn't look right with those real eyes. Still, I'm looking very forward to this.

i know the third one has already been announced(as i visit Spielberg's IMDb page a lot,just to see if he has done anything about The Talisman yet),as it's to be a trilogy

Spielberg directs this one(which full title is The Adventures of Tin Tin:Secret of the Unicorn),and apparently Peter Jackson will be directing the second one,according to Wiki,which will be adapted from 'Prisoners in the sun' story

no doubt The Hobbit 1 and 2 will play with those plans though

I wonder if George Lucas is feeling left out now that Steve has found a new pal?

At least with those 2 behind it, it gives me some hope that the 3D will be worthwhile. I would have preferred a more traditional animated movie under the artisitic umbrella of one of Japans top studios. Despite being a bigger fan of anime, I do think the 1 of the most recent animated Tintin TV series produced jointly by French and Canadian studios, had a nice style. I'm not sure how well 3D can capture that style, but we'll have to see.

I went to this last night with my kids and came away very impressed. I'm a real fan of animation and anime and have probably watched close to a 1000 features and series in my days, but I honestly can't remember many that were better directed than this. In many ways this film is a showcase for Spielberg's talent and genius as an action film director. Its no secret Spielberg considers Hayao Miyazaki's Lupin and the Castle of Cagliostro as one of the greatest action films ever made, and its influences are clearly rubbed off on this. A number of scenes immediately brought back visual memories of some of the great animated, actions scenes from that earlier feature, despite the animation medium being so different. As to the story, I haven't read enough of Herge's Tintin series to know if this was a direct adaptation of one of his stories, but it was certainly a good story. Not too light for an adult and not too complicated for a child, it still had its share of nice plot twists and surprises. And it definitely had an epic, adventure feel to it. From as much as I know of Herge's Tintin universe, this film was true to it.

That's not to say that this film is perfect - there were definitely a few scenes and edits that I felt were a bit akward. As well, I can't say I'm totally sold on the animation medium used. I'd say this film features good CGI animation, but its really more of an animation realism technique/technology than the former. I personally make no bones about not being very enthused for CGI -although I've being warming up to it in recent years- but this actually makes me more appreciative of CGI. The tech used in this is almost as if real actors had an animation veneer applied with some anatomy tweaks here and there - think big, I mean really big, noses. It'll be interesting to see where this animation tech goes in the next few years.

And then there's the 3D - hard for me because so far I'm just not a big fan of it. That said, one thing clear about this film almost from the openting scene is that it was specfically crafted for 3D. Is it on par with the use of the 3D medium in Avatar? No not quite IMO, but darn close. Both my son and I noted a few secenes where 3D could have been better used. There was also the strobing and background blurring I've experienced in every 3D film I've seen, but there does seem to be less of it in this.

And then there's the sound - what can you say, the music score is by John Williams and although its not Star Wars great, it is good. The sound quality and editing were also very impressive. If you've ever liked any animation film I recommend this. Oh, and don't forget to take the kids.

We took our 5 year old and 3 year old a few days ago and left with about the same impressions. It was a really good movie. I thought the level of violence wasn't too bad even for the 3 year old - on par with Star Wars type stuff where people die but no blood, etc. We did not see the 3d version since I think 3d is silly plus I don't think it is recommended for kids as young as mine.

The hardest thing for us is that my wife read these in French, and in our house, it's Dupont and Dupond and Milou.

Yeah, up here in Canuckistan you get exposed to some of the French version. I'm actually a bit bothered they pronounced the main protagonist's name as "tin" "tin" and not "tan" "tan". But hey, its a darn silly name anyways so who really cares.

The hardest thing for us is that my wife read these in French, and in our house, it's Dupont and Dupond and Milou.

Yeah, up here in Canuckistan you get exposed to some of the French version. I'm actually a bit bothered they pronounced the main protagonist's name as "tin" "tin" and not "tan" "tan". But hey, its a darn silly name anyways so who really cares.

Hey, they're supposed to be making a new movie of that too. Wouldn't it be awesome if Jackon or Spielberg got the rights and saved it by taking a similar approach as Tintin. As it stands the next live action film in that series will be called Asterix & Obelix: On Her Majesty's Service. OK then...that doesn't have major fail written all over it.

Saw this tonight. Wonderful movie. I was skeptical about the style they were using with the characters, but they made it work quite brilliantly. The characters show a lot of emotion, something which is rare to see in an animated movie. It's got enough realism in the details, yet doesn't detract from it being a cartoon. The 3D was very well utilized, and I hope we see more of Spielberg going in this direction with animation compared to Zemeckis.

...has now grossed 367 million globaly, which leads me to believe another Tintin from Spielberg can't be too far away. Meanwhile its only drawn $75 million in NA, but no real surprise about it doing much better elsewhere as the series is very popular in Japan and phenomenally popular in Europe - heck they even have a Tintin store in the UK! I'm thinking the much lower popularity in NA is one of the reasons the Academy chose to diss it for a best animated feature nomination. No worries, I'm betting it does well in other film and media award ceremonies.

Sheesh and I thought I was a snob about this kind of thing - my being a traditional animation purist and all. Yeah well, it appears the Academy doesn't take the same attitude with the older rotoscoping technique, which according to my sister, who's a professional animator, is used quite often in some scenes in the features from the big studios. Buy hey if the American Academy wants to take that line fine by me - I really don't have any respect for them, so what does it matter anyways.

Sheesh and I thought I was a snob about this kind of thing - my being a traditional animation purist and all. Yeah well, it appears the Academy doesn't take the same attitude with the older rotoscoping technique, which according to my sister, who's a professional animator, is used quite often in some scenes in the features from the big studios. Buy hey if the American Academy wants to take that line fine by me - I really don't have any respect for them, so what does it matter anyways.

Actually, that's not true. Modern rotoscoping has been just as snubbed as mocap. So, at least they're consistent.

saw this on blu ray tonight, and it was freaking awesome. it had a nice Raiders of the Lost Ark feel to it, and it's definitely earned a spot in my collection. at the end I was hoping for more, can't wait to see what Peter Jackson comes up with in the sequel.

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I just got around to watching this and really enjoyed it,it took me a few minutes to get used to the creepy realism,but after that it was just a joy from start to finish

I was quite impressed with everyone's voice,especially Daniel Craig as the bad guy,his voice was a lot different than we are used to in his movies,Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were also good as Thomson and Thompson

The Sequel unfortunately has been pushed back to 2015,most probably because of Peter Jackson committing to direct The Hobbit movies instead of originally just producing...maybe a good thing that The Hobbit 3 is summer 2014 and not waiting until Christmas 2014

Since this is now on Netflix streaming I watched it during the holidays. Outside of the ridiculous chase scene in the middle of the film, I thought it was pretty good. The animation style was pretty good as well.

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